http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com Fundraising ideas for school fundraisers, church fund raising, and youth sports groups. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:16:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Christmas Fundraisers - A great idea for churches, youth groups, and schools is to sell Christmas trees and holiday wreaths. For many groups, Christmas fundraisers can be the biggest fundraising event of the year.  The key is planning and volunteer coordination. Selling Christmas Trees is a great holiday fund raiser!   Things to remember ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/374/christmas-fundraisers/ 2008 Fundraising Calendars - A great fundraiser for schools, sports teams and other groups is selling scenic or custom calendars. For 2008, fundraising calendars are easier to create than ever.  Simply choose digital pictures of your team or group and submit them to your calendar supplier. Calendar fundraisers are fun! Things to consider when doing a ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/373/2008-fundraising-calendars/ Halloween Fundraiser - Here's a great way to raise funds with a Pumpkin Patch Halloween fundraiser that only takes a little bit of upfront money to get started. Here's what you'll need for your halloween fundraiser: A good roadside spot for sales Hay bales for backdrop A truckload of pumpkins Line up your location, organize your ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/372/halloween-fundraiser/ A cookie dough fundraiser is a great way for schools and youth sports groups to raise funds. You'll find selling cookie dough an easy fundraiser because it's a product that families know they can use, kids love it, and the price points make for excellent profits. A cookie dough fundraiser is ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/371/cookie-dough-fundraiser-2/ Will the Florida Gators fundraising scandal bring NCAA sanctions? It's anybody's guess how far the scandal will spread and what effect it will have on the defending national champion Florida Gators football team. The scandal erupted when the University of Florida's new "Gateway of Champions" fundraising campaign offered Gator boosters unprecedented ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/370/florida-gators-fundraising-scandal/ Time for some new fund raising ideas for your group? Many school groups and nonprofits look for new fundraisers come Fall. So, what kind of new ideas are out there? Here are some small-scale fund raising events worth trying: Mini-golf tournament ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/369/fund-raising-ideas/ Tennessee passed some new legislation this summer to tighten controls on high school fundraising, specifically taking aim at booster clubs. In a move to erase illegal fundraising, fraudulent accounts and the misappropriation of booster club funds, the new laws are aimed at creating a system of checks and balances that will ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/368/high-school-fundraising-controls/ Looking for some unique fundraising ideas? Over the years, I've come across quite a few good ideas for unique fundraisers. You can find a lot of them being discussed in our forum and learn how to raise maximum funds with any of our fundraising event ideas. Here's a short list of ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/367/unique-fundraisers/ Read a news story about a cute idea for a school fundraiser. In this one, students get pledges from sponsors to donate a certain amount for each A grade they get on their report card. The middle school students are using the concept of good grades to raise money to ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/366/as-for-africa-school-fundraiser/ It seems like every day there's a new story about scammers taking people's money by pretending to be helping a charitable group or worthy cause. This morning I read a disturbing article about a new scam using the death of a California Highway Patrol officer to steal money. It got me ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/365/fundraising-scams-becoming-more-prevalent/ I get a lot of questions about school fundraising - what works best, which fundraiser should we do, how can we do better with our next one, etc. Well, there isn't any one answer that applies to all situations, but there are some generalities that do apply. Parents need to be ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/364/school-fundraising-2/ Just posted a new article on school fundraising success. You have to decide which approach you want to take: 1 - Sell products 2 - Organize an event 3 - Sell raffle tickets For elementary schools, I always recommend that you do at least two events a year and one product ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/363/school-fundraising-success/ Barack Obama continues to build fundraising momentum with the announcement that Oprah Winfrey will host a fundraiser for the candidate at her home in Santa Barbara, California. The queen of talk has used her magic to turn unknown authors into bestsellers and now it's Obama's turn to reap the publicity buzz. ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/362/oprah-to-host-obama-fundraiser/ Just ran across a funny blog traffic promo that I just had to join! Besides the penguin pirates, there's a growing list of blogs worth reading that a group of bloggers are sharing. I'll be updating my list daily as the promo gets rolling. Meanwhile, here's the penguin pirates and the ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/361/penguin-pirates-blog-promo/ In a sign that political fundraising can't get much stranger, Hillary Clinton's campaign is turning a Washington Post article about her cleavage into a fundraising appeal. Apparently, the Post's fashion writer, Robin Givhan, noted that Clinton wore a black top with a low neckline during an appearance on the Senate floor. ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/360/hillarys-cleavage-becoming-fundraising-appeal/ HILL 'N' BILL HITTIN UP THE HAMPTONS Hillary Clinton will be dragging hubby Bill on a blowout fund-raising tour of the Hamptons next weekend that could add $1 million to her presidential war chest. Revlon mogul Ron Perelman will be hosting a Saturday-evening cocktail party where, for $1,000, guests can meet ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/359/hill-bill-go-fundraising-in-the-hamptons/ MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The city's Republican Committee is planning a fundraiser that will pack some heat. Manchester Republicans said they wanted something different from the usual chicken dinner for its fundraiser next month. Then, committee chairman Jerry Thibodeau, a hunter and skeet shooter, came up with the idea: "The thought just ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/358/gop-fundraiser-features-automatic-weapons/ $54 Million Pants Star in Fundraiser for Couple Cleaned Out by Legal Fees A now-famous pair of pants was the star attraction at a fundraiser Tuesday meant to help pay the bills of a dry-cleaner couple caught in a legal stitch. The $54 million pants, as they've come to be known, ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/357/64000-raised-in-pants-fundraiser/ This is a bit of a rant about how some webmasters get totally obsessed with the Google PageRank of their site and spend a ton of time trying to boost their PR instead of trying to provide better answers/solutions to their site visitors needs. So, it was kind of a nice ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/356/stop-obsessing-about-pagerank/ Cookbook more than a fundraiser for Canadian Cancer Society - Many west coast residents will be Cooking For Life this summer. Andrea Newell, community resource co-ordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society, said the fundraiser in aid of the society's western Newfoundland chapter came to them. She said Transcontinental made the suggestion and ... http://blog.fundraiserhelp.com/355/relay-for-life-cancer-cookbook/